WTO Trade Facilitation Measures and the Extensive Margin of Exports in the Tripartite: COMESA – EAC – SADC
| dc.contributor.author | Roland, Leudjou Njiteu Rostant | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-05-04T06:47:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-05-04T06:47:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study uses a gravity model for the year 2015 to analyze the impact of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) on extensive margin of exports (export diversification proxied by the number of products exported) by the Tripartite (COMESA, EAC and SADC) country members. It appears that all trade facilitation measures (except “fees and charges”) have a positive and significant effect on export diversification irrespective of the type of product or trading partner. “Appeal procedures” (the rights to traders to obtain review and correction of decisions made by Customs officials in an | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://publication.aercafricalibrary.org/handle/123456789/3337 | |
| dc.publisher | African Economic Research Consortium | en_US |
| dc.title | WTO Trade Facilitation Measures and the Extensive Margin of Exports in the Tripartite: COMESA – EAC – SADC | en_US |